Any progress is good right?

I have the green light to run again! Yes, ok I am really pleased, BUT only every other day. It is progress after 3 weeks of total rest but I just so much want to be running and running fast. I want to feel the air burning my lungs again. However, I have to be patient and run easy just to ease myself back into it again. I feel unfit, like I have just rolled the dice and moved on to the largest snake on the snake and ladders board right back to square one!

Being injured is a pain, and for a runner it is dam right frustrating. I have had internal turmoil, wanting to run, but being sensible and doing the right thing so I can get back to it as soon as my body will heal. I pulled a boney attachment so it takes about 3 months to totally repair, so really I am up with just 2 months since I did it. (See trying to be positive!) Not running really makes me appreciate how much I love running, how much I need it to think straight, to sleep well and to be happy. I miss the endorphins. 'Well could you not cross train I hear you cry?' The truth is no, the area I have injured and the type of injury required total rest, minimal leg movement. I wanted too, and felt guilty for not trying to hold onto some fitness, but then I wanted what was best for the injury. See turmoil!

I am now hoping the worst is now behind me and maybe round the corner their is a nice ladder to help me on my way again...OK, I can dream, we all no there are no quick fixes for getting fit again! Roll on the hard work!

Tentative steps

That’s it! I did it. 2 weeks of complete rest!

I had to, with the stop start running and the injury hanging about I needed to just get rid of it and get out of the negative spiral I was in. The pressure of having the Edinburgh marathon looming meant I was trying desperately to hang onto my fitness; therefore I never really gave my body a chance to heal. Had I had 2 weeks off straight away...hmmm hindsight eh! So some 6 weeks since my niggle started I am finally running pain free all be it for 20mins at the moment. I have had to pull out of the Edinburgh marathon, which I am gutted about. I have been trying to keep my impatience and frustration in check and at times I have felt like I could just run at a sprint forever with all this energy boiling inside me. I have tried to focus and channel it into something else, but when I don’t run I can’t seem to think straight. I have to keep constantly reminding myself of the bigger picture, and now have my sights on getting fit for the Chicago marathon in October. Hopefully next time I write I will be running more, and injury woes will be way behind me!